Pig Little Lies (Magic Market Mysteries Book 5) by Erin Johnson

Author:Erin Johnson
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Published: 2020-04-21T04:00:00+00:00

20

A NEW LEAD

My first instinct was to tease Daisy, my second was to be a nice person and comfort her, and then finally, I remembered Avery Ann was still in the room and I couldn’t speak dog in front of her. Daisy stayed by the door, her nose to the frosted glass, fogging it up with her breath.

I turned to the young woman who stood with her arms hugged tight around herself, face pinched with worry. Her lower lip trembled. “Ralph’s a good man!”

Daisy briefly turned from the door and bared her teeth—Lie—before pressing her nose against the glass and whining. Peter… Peter….

Oh snakes, this was depressing. I sighed and leveled Avery Ann a sympathetic look.

“Alright, fine.” She shrugged. “He was an okay man.”

I rolled my eyes, out of patience. “Okay enough to cheat on his wife with you, then kill her for the money?”

She stuck out her tongue. “Gag. For the last time, we weren’t having an affair.”

Daisy’s tail wagged without her even looking around. True.

She threw a hand toward the dog, who kept her back to us. “See? That means I’m telling the truth, right?”

I quirked my lips to the side. “I know you’re hiding something; I just don’t know what yet.” I gave her my best tough lawyer look—it’d come in handy back when I was practicing. “But I will find out.

“Oh, fine.” She heaved a great sigh and threw her head back. “He’s my dad, okay?” Her big eyes darted to the door and she lowered her voice. “We hadn’t told Pearl yet—he said he needed to break it to her gently. My mom just told me.” She pressed her hands to her heart and gazed at me earnestly, while the tip of Daisy’s tail wagged.

Whatever she’s blabbering on about, it’s true.

Snakes. I’d been so sure she was involved. I guess that explained why both she and Ralph had seemed grossed out by the idea of an affair between them. Maybe Pearl had found out and threatened to divorce Ralph? Maybe he’d killed her to keep from losing his stake in the company? Unfortunately, this meant Peter had probably been right. I mean yay, if we’d found the killer and solved the case, but I’d really wanted to be right.

“They had an affair ages ago, and Ralph was so nice when I told him—he even gave me a job!” Her expression crumpled as she glanced toward the door. “I haven’t known him long, but I want to help!”

I scoffed. “My advice? Run far away from these people—they’re trouble.” Oh, Avery Ann, you poor little doe-eyed fool. She reminded me of this kid I’d defended years ago. It’d actually been the case I’d been working when I’d been cursed. Emerson, my boss, had urged me to take a plea deal. But I took a liking to the kid—he was a good guy, just young and naïve and had gotten caught up with the wrong crowd. The more I looked into it, the more I’d realized he was taking the fall for someone—someone in a position of power.

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